Standards

The pdnet Standards provide a practical structure for schools and settings to self-evaluate current provision and reflect on the effectiveness of their organisation in meeting the diverse needs of children and young people with physical disability. A set of Standards has been developed for all three educational phases: Early Years, Schools & Post-16.
Four key areas identify the knowledge, skills, actions and attitudes needed to successfully support and nurture a learner with a physical disability:

Standard 1: Vision, ambition and expectation

Standard 2: Identifying and assessing need

Standard 3: Meeting diverse need

Standard 4: Enabling individual outcomes

Self-evaluation Tool

A FREE, simple way to evaluate your
school or setting against the pdnet Standards

✓ Free to use

✓ Easy to navigate

✓ Complete action plan as you go

✓ Generate and print PDF report

✓ Revisit to update progress

✓ Upload evidence to support judgements

✓ Saves automatically

The process is simple

1

Read through the Standard statements using the coloured tabs. Click 'read more' to explore each standard in detail and to access supporting resources.

2

Record your judgement by selecting the most appropriate option - established, developing or not yet developed.

3

Upload evidence to support judgements and recognise strengths. Make notes in the text box provided or upload supporting documents.

4

Plan actions to address any areas for improvement. This can be revisited and updated at any time.

5

Click 'run report' to generate a PDF which summarises your judgements, actions and evidence for you to print or share easily with others.

6

To demonstrate progress, each time your self-evaluation is updated you will be able to generate a new report. All reports will be saved incase they're needed at a later date.